Edward Walford Manifold was born on 28th April 1892 and grew up in the Western District of Victoria. Together with his older brother William Herbert (Bee), he travelled to England to join the Royal Field Artillery when World War I broke out. Day by day, this blog publishes his letters home and the entries he made in his diaries, from 1915 when he was first sent to France until 1918 when his service ends. (To follow on Twitter: manifold1418)
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Sunday, 3 June 2012
Diary Entry - 3rd June, 1917
Walford: Nicholson O.O. A harness inspection at two thirty and we have to pick out harness from gun team first line and firing battery to compete in open prize given by Major. I also offered a prize 10 francs 1st, 5 francs, 2nd, for each subsection and for anyone coming in a place in the Major's prize. Besides prizes for the harness, there were some for horses and the left section did so well that I had to pay out 75 francs when it was over. There was one prize for horses. F Sub ought to have had it, but the Major gave the decision to another pair.
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